Skip to content

2008 House elections · Mississippi districts

Mississippi U.S. House election results 2008

Results in all of Mississippi's congressional districts in 2008 (Democratic 3, Republican 1): every candidate, vote share and margin.

  • Democratic 3
  • Republican 1

Travis W. Childers DEM +10.6

CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
Travis W. Childers WonDEM185,95954.47%
Greg DavisREP149,81843.89%
Wally Sam PangIND3,7361.09%
John M. WagesGRE1,8760.55%
Total341,389

Official source: Election-Statistics

District 1 (special)

District history

Travis W. Childers DEM +7.6

Top-two primary
CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
Travis W. Childers WonDEM33,30449.44%
Greg DavisREP31,17746.28%
Glenn L. McCulloughREP9681.44%
Daniel Stephen HollandDEM7891.17%
Wally Sam PangIND7251.08%
John M. WagesGRE3980.59%
Total67,361
Runoff
CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
Travis W. Childers WonDEM58,03753.78%
Greg DavisREP49,87746.22%
Total107,914

Official source: 08%20RUNN%20OFF%20CERTIFICATE%20OF%20VOTE%20(2).pdf

Bennie G. Thompson DEM +38.1

CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
Bennie G. Thompson WonDEM201,60669.05%
Richard T. CookREP90,36430.95%
Total291,970

Official source: Election-Statistics

Gregg Harper REP +25.1

CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
Gregg Harper WonREP213,17162.54%
Joel L. GillDEM127,69837.46%
Total340,869

Official source: Election-Statistics

Gene Taylor DEM +49.1

CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
Gene Taylor WonDEM216,54274.54%
John McCayREP73,97725.46%
Total290,519

Official source: Election-Statistics

Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from official sources.